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Amoeblog posts marked with donovan.The 50 Best Scottish Bands of All Time<div style="text-align: center;"><img width="560" height="336" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/ScottishFlag.png" alt="Scottish Flag" /></div>
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<p>By now you and I have heard the arguments for and against <a href="http://scotreferendum.com/">Scottish independence</a>&nbsp;from the <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/tags/uk/page1.html">UK</a> but as someone who has naturally bristled like a thistle when diasporic people argue passionately and ill-informedly about another country's political situations (which they are thankfully powerless to effect) I'll keep my political opinions to myself. What I will do instead is far more frivolous purposes -- that is list the <strong>best Scottish bands of all time</strong>.</p>
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Given its small population, <strong><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/tags/scotland/page1.html">Scotland</a></strong> has produced a fairly shocking amount of great music. Sure, there have been occasional<strong> <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/tags/england/page1.html">English</a></strong> bands of note -- almost always from the north -- but I've always taken <strong>Anglophiles</strong>' preference for all things (assumed to be) English over English language pop from anywhere else as proof of a terminal subcultural defect. It's not really fair to blame England for Anglophiles any more than it is to blame <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/139130">Nirvana</a> for <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/298754">Puddle of Mudd</a> but I suppose it's because so many of the helmet-haired horde mistakenly think that I am one of them that they so vex me. How could I not be an Anglophile when I drink more tea than the average <strong><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/tags/north-africa/page1.html">North African</a></strong>, enjoy <strong><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2013/01/indus_civilization_food_how_scientists_are_figuring_out_what_curry_was_like.html">curry</a></strong> in all of its <strong><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/tags/asia/page1.html">Asian</a></strong> forms, and my favorite writer is <strong><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/tags/oscar-wilde/page1.html">Irish</a></strong>?&nbsp;<br />
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Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:12:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2014/09/eric-s-blog/the-50-best-scottish-bands-of-all-time.htmlMusic History Monday: August 11<center>
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<font face="arial"><strong>On this day in music history: August 11, 1966</strong> - <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/138374"><strong>John Lennon</strong></a> holds a press conference at the Astor Towers in Chicago to apologize for remarks he had made in an interview published five months earlier. The original interview with journalist <strong>Maureen Cleave</strong> is published in the British newspaper <em>The Evening Standard</em> on March 4th. During the interview, Lennon will comment on religion and what he feels is the decline of Christianity in modern times. The comments will make little to no impact in Great Britain. On the eve of the band&#39;s fourth American Tour, US fan magazine <em>Datebook</em> will reprint Lennon&rsquo;s comments out of context causing a furor in the US bible belt with radio stations banning the band&#39;s music, burning their records, and <strong><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/175931">The Beatles</a></strong> themselves receiving death threats. After Lennon&rsquo;s public apology, the uproar will eventually blow over. Though it will mark the beginning of the end of The Beatles days as a touring band. They will quietly and permanently withdraw from the road when they play their final live date at the end of the month at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.</font><br />
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<font face="arial"><strong>On this day in music history: August 11, 1969</strong> -&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/barabajagal-180-gram-vinyl-lp-donovan/albums/3008831/"><strong><i>Barabajagal</i></strong></a>, the seventh album by <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/137496"><strong>Donovan</strong></a> is released. Produced by <strong>Mickie Most</strong>, it is recorded at Olympic Studios in London in May 1968 and American Recording Company in Los Angeles in November 1968 and May 1969. The album features musical backing by <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/285917"><strong>The Jeff Beck Group</strong></a> (on the title track) as well as background vocals from <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/137923"><strong>Graham Nash</strong></a>, <strong>Mike McGear</strong> (aka <strong>Michael McCartney</strong>), <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/142349"><strong>Rod Stewart</strong></a>, and <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/66490"><strong>Madeline Bell</strong></a>. It will spin off two singles including the double A-sided single &quot;Atlantis/To Susan On The West Coast Waiting&quot; (#7 Pop) and the title track (#36 Pop). The album will also mark the end of Donovan&#39;s long term collaboration with producer Mickie Most, with Most shifting his attention to his newly formed label RAK Records and signing artists such as <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/91587"><strong>Hot Chocolate</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/203621"><strong>The Arrows</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/139865"><strong>Smokie</strong></a>, and <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/140202"><strong>Suzi Quatro</strong></a>.&nbsp;<i>Barabajagal</i>&nbsp;will peak at number 23 on the Billboard Top 200.</font><br />
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Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:24:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2014/08/behind-the-grooves/music-history-monday-august-11.htmlMusic History Monday: September 3<em>To read more Behind The Grooves, go to <a href="http://behindthegrooves.tumblr.com/">http://behindthegrooves.tumblr.com</a>.</em><br />
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<strong>On this day in music history: September 3, 1966</strong> - &quot;Sunshine Superman&quot; by <strong><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/search.html?bsq=Donovan">Donovan</a>&nbsp;</strong>hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week. Written by Donovan Leitch, it is the biggest US chart single for the Scottish-born singer/songwriter. The songs&#39; UK release will be delayed by several months due to a contractual dispute with <strong>Pye Records</strong>. It also features future <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/search.html?bsq=Led+Zeppelin"><strong>Led Zeppelin</strong></a> members <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/search.html?bsq=Jimmy+Page"><strong>Jimmy Page</strong></a> and <strong>John Paul Jones</strong> providing instrumental support. The record marks a major turning point in Donovan&#39;s career, which will see him moving away from his earlier folk oriented material that led the young singer/songwriter to be compared to <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/search.html?bsq=Bob+Dylan"><strong>Bob Dylan</strong></a> by the British press. The two will actually meet in 1965 during Dylan&#39;s now-legendary tour of the UK captured in the documentary film <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/search.html?bsq=Don%27t+Look+Back"><strong><em>Don&#39;t Look Back</em></strong></a> and become friends.<br />
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<strong>On this day in music history: September 3, 1966</strong> - &quot;You Can&#39;t Hurry Love&quot; by <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/search.html?bsq=The+Supremes"><strong>The Supremes</strong></a> hits #1 on the Billboard R&amp;B singles chart for two weeks, also topping the Hot 100 on September 10th for two weeks. Written by <strong>Brian Holland</strong>, <strong>Eddie Holland</strong>, and <strong>Lamont Dozier</strong>, it is the Detroit-based girl groups&#39; second R&amp;B chart topper and their seventh to reach #1 on the pop charts in just over two years. Following a period when three of the groups&#39; singles either fail to reach number one or miss the top ten (after having six chart topping singles, so far), <strong>Motown</strong> founder <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/search.html?bsq=Berry+Gordy"><strong>Berry Gordy</strong></a> issues an edict that they will not release anything but #1 hits on their most successful act. The Supremes&#39; writing and production team of <strong>Holland-Dozier-Holland</strong> immediately set about making that happen. HDH will take inspiration from one of their earlier Supremes hits when they begin writing. Initially they begin by playing around with the chord sequence from &quot;Come See About Me,&quot; but it eventually evolves into something completely different. The basic track for &quot;You Can&#39;t Hurry Love&quot; is recorded at Motown Studio A in Detroit on June 11, 1966 with <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/detail/the-funk-brothers/the-best-of-the-funk-brothers-the-millenium-collection-cd--6786.html"><strong>The Funk Brothers</strong></a> providing musical support. The Supremes will record their vocals on July 5th. Released on July 25th, it will quickly race up the pop and R&amp;B charts, beginning the groups second consecutive streak of number one hits where their next four releases will all hit #1 on the Hot 100, three of them also topping the R&amp;B singles chart.<br />
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Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:11:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2012/09/behind-the-grooves/music-history-monday-september-3.htmlThe Art Of The LP Cover- Who Is That?<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Today's feature is a collection of ill advised portrait covers.&nbsp; <br />
Some are worse than others, I think that the Frank Sinatra / Lena Horne pairing might be my favorite.<br />
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Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:55:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2012/07/the-gone-world/the-art-of-the-lp-cover-who-is-that-.htmlTrip Down Memory Lane Via Rock Album Billboards of the 70's Along Sunset Blvd<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://image courtesy of http://lysergicfunk.blogspot.com/"><img width="520" height="326" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/1970sMusicBillboardsonSunsetBoulevard(5).jpg" /></a></div>
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Of interest to anyone into rock albums from the seventies and of particular interest to folks in LA into recent era history is the excellent collection of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/larrythefrog/sets/72157616537275243/with/3451327947/"><strong>Billboards on Sunset Blvd 1974-5</strong></a> flickr page by <strong>Larry The Frog </strong>that features photos of billboards shot in those two years of the mid 1970's along Sunset Blvd. in the&nbsp; vicinity of the Hollywood Amoeba store.&nbsp; The majority <img width="380" vspace="8" hspace="8" height="245" align="left" alt="" title="photo courtesy of http://lysergicfunk.blogspot.com/" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/1970sMusicBillboardsonSunsetBoulevard(12).jpg" />of these shots are ones advertising new album releases or concert dates from such acts as <strong>Poco, Loggins &amp; Messina, Barbi Benton, Donovan, The Who, War, Joni Mitchell, Billy Preston, Neil Sedaka, Greg Allman, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Mahogeny Rush, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Rolling Stones, George Harrison, The 5th Dimension, Steppenwolf, Rick Derringer</strong>, and many more. <br />
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These great shots were all photographed by Larry The Frog when he lived a block off the Sunset Strip back in the 70's.and were recently lovingly restored by the photographer utilizing photoshopping from scanned 35mm slides and negatives. There are over a hundred shots in this engaging collection that, like rummaging through the old 70's album dollar bins at Amoeba, will unveil a whole bygone era - only better than merely album cover art since they also capture the time and place so well. View the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/larrythefrog/sets/72157616537275243/with/3451327947/">full collection here</a>.&nbsp; <br />
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